Also: GA's Big Heart, Vicious ABQ Balloon Theft, VV Cargo Prototype, F35C, MH-47G Deliveries
As spring comes to the southern hemisphere, the Australian Transportation Safety Board says that the search for MH370, a Boeing 777 that went missing in March of this year, has resumed in a long but narrow arc along the bottom of the southern Indian ocean. Australia is leading the investigation at the request of the Malaysian government. The path to commercial spaceflight is getting shorter with the announcement by XCOR Aerospace that they are making progress with the integration of the cockpit to the fuselage on XCOR's Lynx spacecraft. With the fuselage, pressure cabin and strakes delivered, XCOR is bonding these structures together and integrating sub-assemblies, such as the landing gear, at its hangar in Mojave. Boeing officials say the company is on track to meet its 2014 production goals for the Dreamliner, barring any unforeseen issues that might arise during the next three months. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.08.14 is chock full of info in this news period ending Wednesday, October 8th, 2014...
Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
Search For MH370 Resumes
XCOR Reports Progress Towards Sub-Orbital Flights
Boeing In Striking Distance Of Dreamliner Production Goals
Aero-TV: The Great Big 'Heart' Of GA - Dr. Richard McGlaughlin's Haitian Efforts
Balloon Stolen At Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Scale Model VV Cargo Plane Makes First Flight
Navy Announces Decision To Base F-35C At NAS Lemoore
Boeing Delivers First New-Build MH-47G Special Operations Chinook
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